Job description
Residential Conveyancing Assistant – Huddersfield
Our client is recruiting for a conveyancing assistant to join their property team at their Huddersfield office on a full-time basis. The role is very client focused and the successful candidate will pride themselves on delivering a professional, helpful and friendly service.
Experience in conveyancing is essential, specifically sales and purchase, as they would ideally want you to hit the ground running. You will be a quick and accurate worker and be able to follow instructions carefully while dealing with a high volume of work with a lot of client contact. In return the firm offers a supportive learning environment with the opportunity to develop and progress their career.
Key Tasks
- Opening new files and inputting new instructions onto the Case Management system and producing relevant letters and documents.
- Updating the Case Management system in accordance with team procedures as the matter progresses.
- Issuing contracts on sale files and assisting in dealing with replies to enquiries.
- Ordering searches.
- Dealing with exchanges and related paperwork.
- Setting up completions.
- Issuing Mortgage reports to clients.
- Dealing with incoming post where appropriate.
- Dealing with telephone enquiries where possible.
- Filing, billing, faxing, photocopying, sorting post and archiving.
- General administration duties for the office and firm.
Key Skills – Essential
- Good keyboard skills.
- Literate and numerate.
- Ability to work accurately in accordance with the requirements of the team.
- Ability to deal with enquiries in a customer-friendly and effective manner.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines.
- A flexible and adaptable approach to work.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.